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jack-fruit en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of jackfruit.
The jack-fruit I spoke of is of three kinds—barca, papa, and pacheri jack-fruit. These fruits are very large; some weigh eighty pounds or thereabouts. […] In these jack-fruit the seeds are sometimes white and sometimes red; some are hard, some are soft, and each variety has its special flavour.
1907, Niccolao Manucci, translated by William Irvine, Storia do Mogor: or, Mogul India, 1653–1708 […] (The Indian Texts Series; I), volume III, London: John Murray, […] for the Government of India, →OCLC, page 182:
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